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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,alt.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Floppy mount problems
Date: 9 May 1997 10:27:50 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <5kt9s0$pig@uriah.heep.sax.de>,
j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) writes:
> Rob Weinzetl <robw@nssolutions.com> wrote:
>
> (/etc/mnttab)
>
>> What would this file be called under BSDI?
>
> There is none in BSD, the kernel keeps account of the mounted
> filesystems itself (which sounds way more logical than storing it in a
> file).
Hey, that'd be cool:
# umount /mnt
Device busy
# cp /etc/mnttab /etc/mnttab.old
# sed '/\/mnt/d' /etc/mnttab.old >/etc/mnttab
Problem solved (*smirk*).
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !